本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛"But this pat assessment missed the passion behind what pulled him into politics -- how much he despised Trudeau.

That negative inspiration has stayed with him. Shortly after Trudeau's death in 2000, Harper wrote revealingly of his feelings toward the dominant political figure of his youth. He recalled running into the former prime minister by chance on the streets of Montreal in 1999. "There I came face to face with a living legend, someone who had provoked in me both the loves and hatreds of my political passion, all in the form of a tired out, little, old man," Harper wrote in a newspaper column that stood out from the flood of Trudeau tributes. "It was an experience at once unforgettable, nostalgic and haunting." He went on to denounce that old man's legacy in the bitterest terms. Not only did he rebuke Trudeau's policy mix of "centralism, socialism and bilingualism," he even indicted him for failing to serve in the Second World War or oppose the Soviet Union. "In those battles," Harper wrote, "the ones that truly defined his century, Mr. Trudeau took a pass."

It would be hard to find another major Canadian politician who has laid bare the emotional core of his politics so starkly. No matter what one thinks of Harper's harsh verdict on Trudeau, his assessment can't be described as cool. "更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛責自由黨斷章取義.夏巴否認侮辱亞裔

星島報記者楊婉文報道
2006/01/14
聯邦保守黨反駁自由黨的指控，否認黨魁夏巴在2001年的言論是侮辱亞裔，反指自由黨斷章取義和進行抹黑。但自由黨堅持立場，要求夏巴對其言行負責。

自由黨不單在近期一系列的電視廣告中，引述夏巴有關亞裔移民的言論，還向傳媒提供2001年1月22日《Report Newsmagazine》刊登夏巴的同一段說話，他提到﹕「你們要記住，自由黨在溫尼辟以西所佔據的選區，被亞裔新移民或來自東岸的新移民支配﹕這些人住在貧民窟，他們不融入加拿大西部社會。」

保守黨國會議員肯尼（Jason Kenney）否認夏巴這番話是侮辱亞洲移民，反指自由黨斷章取義﹕「夏巴是一個尊重新移民，包括亞裔社區的人。自由黨斷章取義，他們會做任何事去扭曲事實，防止選民懲罰他們的腐敗。」他指出，自由黨是想暗示，夏巴是個不包容的人。

自由黨暗示夏巴不包容

自由黨卑詩省總部發言人威瑟利（Mike Witherly）堅持自由黨的立場﹕「你看回原文，他的確是這樣說。如果你要做總理，你要像其他人一樣對自己的行動負責。」

根據本報取得的原文，該文以「西部猶如被寵壞的少年」為題，前總理克里田在文中解釋為何自由黨在西部只取得17席，而文章又引述當時是全國國民聯盟主席的夏巴對克里田看法的回應。

肯尼解釋，夏巴只是反映西部地區過往的投票取向﹕「夏巴想說的是，過往在加拿大西部的傳統是，自由黨的核心票源大部分來自新移民，這是很多政治學者和選民行為研究得出來的結論。」

但威瑟利說﹕「我不認識任何人會想被描繪為住在貧民窟。我不認為，這種講法是正面。」

肯尼辯稱，夏巴只是提到現在已在改變的歷史事實，沒有正面或負面的評價﹕「事實上是，每一個新移民社區，像我的祖先，都需要一段時間全面融入（社會）。當然，新移民融入加拿大西部的時間已比以前快。」

保守黨批自由黨抹黑

肯尼又不認為，自由黨的做法會影響保守黨在華裔社區的支持﹕「我認為人們會明白，這是自由黨另一抹黑（行動）。夏巴盡了很大努力去接觸亞裔社區，是他主張在人頭稅問題上道歉。」

但威瑟利反駁說﹕「要求一個人交代他所說過的言論，不是抹黑。我不認為這是夏巴爭議性最大的言論，他要推翻自己的講法，或堅持己見。」

肯尼強調，保守黨是一個歡迎移民的政黨﹕「夏巴的國會黨團在族裔分布上是最多元化的，我們有很多亞裔的國會議員。」

但如果夏巴是那麼重視亞裔，為何不應本報要求親自解釋，而只派出肯尼回應﹖肯尼說﹕「因為他有超過百多個傳媒的要求，他不能逐一回應。」更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net